The cardinal name derived from the uniforms they were presented with worn faded uniforms that looked like a cardinal red from jerseys from the University of Chicago. In 1920 Chicago, like the gangsters of the day there was a loser leaves town game between the cardinals and another football team the Tigers. The Cardinals won the game 6-0. That was one of the few highlights in the Cardinals history. Another highlight was in 1929 when Ernie Nevers scored all the Cardinals teams 40 points against the Chicago Bears. That record still stands to this very day.

While the teams over the years haven’t produced banners of championships, there have been a 8 Hall of Fame players on the Cardinals. One of the all-time great nicknames was Dick “Night Train” Lane who was a corner back and elected to the Football Hall of Fame in 1974 and made seven Pro Bowls. The Cardinals have retired five players numbers which include Larry Wilson 8, Pat Tillman 40, Stan Mauldin 77, J.V. Cain, and Marshall Goldberg 99.

The Arizona Cardinals are the only team to play in a college stadium at Sun-Devil Stadium in Tempe. AZ and Univeristy of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ. The Cardinals have never made a Super Bowl appearance and is only one of four teams who have not including the New Orleans Saints (founded 1966), Houston Texans (founded 2002), and Jacksonville Jaguars (founded 1995).

With a losing tradition more then a winning one, the Cardinals still have support from the fan community in hopes one day the loyalty will be rewarded with a successful season, a playoff win, or even a Super Bowl victory. It has been a grim fifty plus years with very little signs that the team will having winning seasons in the future. In sports, winning can’t last forever, so neither can losing. That is what keeps the fan coming back and cheering for their team year in and year out, the promise of better days to lay ahead.